Criss Cross Jazz 1289 CD

David Binney & Edward Simon

Océanos

Each a Criss Cross leader,
pianist Edward Simon
< The Process (Criss 1229) and
Simplicitas (Criss 1267) > and
alto saxophonist David Binney
< Bastion of Sanity (Criss 1261) and
Cities and Desire (Criss 1285) >,
who have worked together on numerous projects since 1989,
present their first collaborative effort for the label,
comprising eight emotion-packed, rhythmically vibrant tunes by Binney, Simon,
and bassist Scott Colley.

Propelled by the extraordinarily nuanced, intuitive playing of Colley and
drummer Brian Blade,
the instrument-like voice of Luciana Souza,
and tonal color from guitarist Adam Rogers
and brassmen Shane Endsley,
Jesse Newman and
Alan Ferber,
plus percussionist Pernell Saturnino,
the co-leaders solo with rigorous compositional sensibility
that only serves to highlight the deep soulfulness and
virtuosic chops that make them major forces in 21st century jazz

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Barcode 8 712474 128921

1.

We Dream Oceans (David Binney) 7:28

2.

Impossible Question (Edward Simon) 9:11

3.

Amnesia (Scott Colley) 9:55

4.

El Parrandero (David Binney) 7:32

5.

Govinda (Edward Simon) 5:09

6.

Twenty Four Miles To Go (David Binney) 6:19

7.

Impossible Question Reprise (Edward Simon) 3:33

8.

Home (David Binney) 7:29

Total Time: 56:58
Recorded
October 18, 2004
in
Brooklyn, NY, USA
by
Max Bolleman